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bluedog69

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SinceTackett and Wyatt entered the world of 3D archery shooting this summer we discovered that range finders aren’t all the same. I figured that 50 yards and under they would all be pretty accurate. At the state championship this year Tackett’s $99 range finder read a target at 33 yards. He about missed high. The girl in our group ranged it at 26. She nailed it. Dark target in a dark timber on a rainy morning. Sound like hunting conditions????
We just invested in a new range finder. They claim it to be accurate to within .3 of a yard out to 150 yards. So far so good!!!! This thing has been amazing!!!
 
I run the revic BR4. Pretty sweet since it's got the onboard ballistics capability. Has tracked great to 1000+ yards.

One of my buddies that I was hunting with last year said he dropped his RF on a sheep hunt. Ended up whiffing on a sheep at like 400 yards from a solid rest. His guide was pissed and blamed my buddy. But it turned out his RF was damaged from the drop and was giving wrong readings.
 
I never questioned any of our range finders until this summer. My 10 year olds bow used to max out at 38 yards for a sight pin. If deer was 38 yards he nailed it. If it was 40 he would completely miss low.

The r100 shoot they just went to had targets out to 67 and they both nailed em. Built in ballistics to cut yardage on up and downhill seemed to be exact.
 
ArrowheadRifles said:
I run the revic BR4. Pretty sweet since it's got the onboard ballistics capability. Has tracked great to 1000+ yards.

One of my buddies that I was hunting with last year said he dropped his RF on a sheep hunt. Ended up whiffing on a sheep at like 400 yards from a solid rest. His guide was pissed and blamed my buddy. But it turned out his RF was damaged from the drop and was giving wrong readings.
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Yes 1000 yards with rifle
Is comparable to 100 with a bow.
 
For those of you who are wondering if this is relevant at all, I now think this cost me a buck last year.( I never quit reflecting and thinking
on how to get better)
My old range finder reads 33 - 34 on a black block target when it is really 30 yards measured distance.
So, when I set my pins up to 20, 30, and 40 with the range finder on that black block target, the real distances were
less.(18, 27, and 35 ish)
Last year I hit a buck low on the chest...like right on the ribs and sternum. He was at "35" on the range finder. The shot was
calm deliberate and felt perfect. Left and right was perfect it just went 6" low. So if the deer read a true 35 yards, I should have been
using my 40 yard pin(40 yard pin was set up on black block target that was in reality only 35 yards).

In bow hunting many come up with excuses. This is a legitimate proven excuse.(in other words I'm not trying to make excuses)
Just a phenomenon all should know about. (trying to help others make clean kills who may be doing the same mistake I was)
 
IowaBowHunter1983 said:
Personal opinion that 100 with a bow is exponentially harder than 1,000 with a good rifle.....
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Are you shooting the rifle free hand? LOL just joking

In both cases equipment, exact yardage, and knowledge all come together to produce phenomenal results.

Both are a lot of fun!
 
Don't some rangefinders account for angle and others just read straight line yardage? That will make a small, but noticeable difference.
I've had several rangefinders in the $100-150 range over the years and they were both poor at being consistent and picking up the target I was trying to shoot.
A rangefinder is something I don't cheap out on anymore, bought a Leupold 2800 mid season last year after mine malfunctioned and cost me a shot opportunity.



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meyeri said:
Don't some rangefinders account for angle and others just read straight line yardage? That will make a small, but noticeable difference.
I've had several rangefinders in the $100-150 range over the years and they were both poor at being consistent and picking up the target I was trying to shoot.
A rangefinder is something I don't cheap out on anymore, bought a Leupold 2800 mid season last year after mine malfunctioned and cost me a shot opportunity.



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Yes most have angle and trig built in.
Most rangefinders, even higher dollar range finders are not made for great precision on close yardages.
 
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